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• Adriana Vogelaar, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1963)
• Alexander Pritchett, Dolman's Point, Freshwater Bay, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland († 1957)
• Albert Kooi, weststellingwerf
• Albert Alberts Koes, Ruinen († 1943)
• van Disseldorp, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Algonda Hollander, Siddeburen, Slochteren,, Groningen, Nederland († 1930)
• Adrianus Jacobus de Feber, Velsen († 1958)
• Adriana Everarda Peek-, Vianen, Nederland († 1886)
• Aldegonda Anna Maria HELVOORT, Vlijmen,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND († 1986)
• Anna Jacoba Peters, Winschoten († 1965)

• Abraham CHEMOUL (29)
• Arie Tuinman (2), Kolhorn, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Helena Jacobs (0), Versen, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Adrianus Mutsaars (0), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Martens Koldijk (83), Idaarderadeel
• Arend Staal (69), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• aldegonda wilhelmina van mullekom (30), blerick
• Antje Martens Koldijk (83), Idaarderadeel, 9001, Nederland
• Aleida Koppers (74), Huisberden Bedburg-Hau Nord-Rhein-Westfalen Deutschland
• Anna Maria Haarmeijer (69), Slagharen

• 1883 » Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician († 1944)
• 1884 » Richard Baggallay, English army officer and cricketer († 1975)
• 1887 » Andrew Dasburg, French-American painter († 1979)
• 1889 » Francis Spellman, American cardinal († 1967)
• 1890 » Franklin Carmichael, Canadian painter († 1945)
• 1902 » Cola Debrot, Dutch physician, lawyer, and politician († 1981)
• 1902 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator († 1986)
• 1903 » Luther Adler, American actor († 1984)
• 1903 » Paul Demel, Czech actor († 1951)
• 1905 » Al Dexter, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1984)

• 1858 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (b. 1773)
• 1859 » Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1771)
• 1880 » Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1901 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
• February 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
• March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
• May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
• May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
• June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
• July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.

The temperature on May 4, 1886 was about 13.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 24%.